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Smarter Tech Classification

Struggling to get the insights you need from your current tech catalog? It’s probably time to upgrade your taxonomy. 

Entrio delivers a more complete, detailed, and robust alternative to homegrown or commonly used taxonomies like Technopedia and TBM. Plus, we can automatically & accurately classify all the solutions in your tech stack with our data engines in days.

What's at stake when your IT taxonomy isn't up to par?

Why EA's choose Entrio over Technopedia or TBM

A side-by-side comparison

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Technopedia

TBM Taxonomy

Entrio's Taxonomy

Asset Types
Software
Hardware
Services
Limited Services
Category Coverage
Technology
Data Types (Market Data)
Shared Business Functions
Banking Taxonomy
Insurance Taxonomy
Depth & Growth
Number of Nodes
260
346
Number of Levels
3
3
Growth Rate (monthly avg)
~2 nodes

Disclaimer: This page is based on publicly available information and is meant to provide a high-level overview of how Entrio compares to Flexera's Technopedia and the TBM Taxonomy.

A depiction of the 4 levels of Entrio's taxonomy going from business units to categories to subcategories to features.

See clearly with 6X greater granularity

Entrio's taxonomy dives deeper with its 4 levels of classification. You see everything—from the big picture to the smallest detail. Here’s a snapshot of what you’d be working with ~right now:

13 top-level business units
18 technology division categories at the second level
16 corporate functions categories at the second level
2 more levels beneath those for unmatched detail
1-5 core capabilities highlighted per solution

Truly understand core capabilities

At Entrio, every solution is categorized with maximum depth to capture all its features. But we keep things sharp—among all the nodes, 1-5 core capabilities are highlighted. These reflect the main purpose of the solution, so you get the full picture without losing sight of what really matters.

These core capabilities tell you the primary domain or function at a glance. The additional nodes? They let you compare solutions with the same core and understand their unique vision and priorities. It's the perfect balance of detail and clarity.

A classification tree highlighting the core capabilities of a workplace collaboration solution.
A classification tree of a data type, unique to Entrio's taxonomy.

Get complete coverage & scalability 

Entrio's taxonomy can be applied to all software, hardware, and IT professional services. With views into the technology domains and corporate functions applicable to each solution, it's truly an all-encompassing system designed to organize your tech stack so everyone can understand it.

Plus it evolves rapidly to keep up with the cutting edge of tech innovation. 

In financial services? Even better, Entrio excels in banking and insurance organizations due to our vertical specific and market data categories. And with more vertical specific expansions on the way, we’re just getting started. 

It’s difficult to obtain baseline data on our tech solutions, even with dedicated technology management tools. The data on technology provider, solution, and taxonomy was poor and difficult to align between multiple systems.

Entrio was able to cleanse and harmonize our two data sources within days.

The effort identified gaps in provider and solution normalization, identified renamed solutions resulting from M&A activities between providers. And it provided two levels of additional categorization, giving us more granularity and understanding of our own solutions.
Leading Tech Organization, Director of OpEx & Digital Transformation
Entrio’s ability to do governance work is key. It improves our spend management and our oversight ability, allowing us to know we have the right tech stack by comparing solutions and choosing the best. If an organization uses more than 200 third-party products, Entrio will be useful for them.
Tier-1 US Bank Customer, IT Governance Lead
Entrio tackles some of the most important challenges banks have in the vendor landscape today. If I'm building a business, what are the best existing software components already in the marketplace? If I'm looking to cut redundancy and save money, how can I best assess feature overlap across my existing vendors? Entrio has the much-needed, modern solutions to these long-standing use cases.
Elisha Wiesel, Chairman of the Board, Entrio and Former CIO, Goldman Sachs

See for yourself with 20 real-world comparisons

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Beyond the taxonomy

Our taxonomy paired with our Live Solutions Catalog delivers a better understanding of your tech stack and the broader tech market as well, with all the data points you need per solution.  

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Endless & unbiased reference catalog

All the software, in-house, open source, market data, hardware vendors, and IT professional services solutions you use or might use in your enterprise in one place.

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Rich & fresh data 

Every vendor and solution profile contains 100-200 data points (product versions, deployment options, competitors, peer insights, etc.) that update automatically. 

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Usable by all, not just IT

Everyone can easily find solutions in your tech stack pantry and in the market by vendor, solution, domain, or even feature.

Frequently asked questions

How can I access Entrio’s taxonomy?

Via the web or through Entrio APIs.

Do I have to manually apply the taxonomy to our solutions?

No, Entrio can automatically clean, normalize, and classify your data from any ITAM, SAM or other related data sources. 

Can Entrio’s taxonomy be customized to fit my organization’s needs?

Our technology and business taxonomy is very flexible. It can be used 'as-is' as a market reference, and it can also work in a hybrid mode to incorporate additional taxonomies used internally by your organization. Additionally, you can adapt our taxonomy to match your specific nomenclature.

Can Entrio’s taxonomy be mapped to my current IT taxonomy or taxonomies? 

Yes, Entrio can provide a side by side view of the taxonomies to showcase the deeper granularity. 

What is a node?

A node refers to an unique path from Level 1 to Level 4.

Where can I learn more about Entrio’s taxonomy? 

6x your tech visibility automatically

Know exactly what you have and understand the core capabilities of each solution
Make it easy to search and find solutions based on feature, domain, or business function
Reduce the amount of duplicate solutions to only what you need